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April 15, 2007

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Check out your ancestor's tax records using the links at Cyndislist

GEM #1:  Great San Francisco Earthquake 

"Hello, Frisco" by Harvey Hindermeyer courtesy of U of Cal, Santa Barbara Library

Below: C. A. Burkett (on left) c. 1906

USGS website

The Virtual Museum of the city of SF

Remembering the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake an audio recording by NPR.

The San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Great Register 

BOOK:  Denial of Disaster: The Untold Story and Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake

San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Marriage Project by sfgenealogy.com

GEM #2  Shake Up Your Research Stategy

Step 1: Locate the event on a Timeline History.com  This Day In History  Step 2:    Internet Searches 

1. Google (For Alerts see Episode 3)
2. Google Images  
3. Ancestry  Ebay (see Episode 3) 
4. State Historical Society 
5. State Archives 
6. Census - Find neighbors and do a quick Google & Ancestry search on them.   
7. YouTube.com (see Episode 4 for more info on using YouTube)

Article by Cynthia G. Fox Income Tax Records of the Civil War Years. 

GEM #1:  Anna-KarinÃÂ's Genealogical Podcast

GEM #2: Civil War Research

(The song Battle of Manasas courtesy of University of California, Santa Barbara Library.  Sam Houston portrayed by Roger Koehn.)

The Civil War began at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, SC 146 years ago this week on April 12.

The Historical New York Times Project - The Civil War Years 1860-1866   

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Website    

Military Indexes Website    

Civil War Research Guide

GEM #3 - Surname Tools

Germany Surname Mapping:  Geogen

For British Surnames:  The Orange Hedgehog Surname Profiler

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350 Years of American Jewish History

JewishGen The Home of Jewish Genealogy

Calling all videos:  Have you found a great genealogy related video on YouTube.com, or did you add a family history video of your own?  Then email me and tell me about your gem.  Be sure to include a link to the video.   

GEM:  Cast a Shadow on Your Ancestors  In episode #5 (below) I talked about adding silhouettes to the database file of an ancestor when you don't have a photo.Creating your own silhouettes: 

1. Take a photo of a person in profile against a neutral background.   
2. Blanket the photo background with white acrylic or tempera paint 
3. Fill in the image with a heavy black permanent marker, curing the shoulders down for a classical pose.   
4. Add fun details like cowlicks, eyelashes, hats, and jewelry that express the persons personality with a fine felt-tip pen. 
5. Photocopy the doctored photos onto quality art paper.  Since glossy papers work print best, you could also use your computer scanner to scan the image into your hard drive.  From there you can add it to your database, or print it out onto glossy photo paper for mounting.